Aircraft maintenance kit comprising zoned maintenance schematic

ABSTRACT

This specification discloses an aircraft maintenance kit. The aircraft maintenance kit comprises a plurality of packages with each package of the plurality of packages comprising a unique aircraft maintenance zone designation and at least one maintenance zone component. Each unique aircraft maintenance zone designation preferably corresponds to a unique maintenance zone of the aircraft. Preferably, the aircraft maintenance kit also comprises an aircraft schematic comprising a plurality of aircraft schematic zones. Each aircraft schematic zone preferably comprises a unique aircraft schematic zone designation corresponding to one of the unique aircraft maintenance zone designations.

CROSS REFERENCES AND PRIORITIES

This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No.62/471,630 filed on 15 Mar. 2017, the teachings of which areincorporated by reference herein in their entirety.

BACKGROUND

Many aircrafts, including airplanes, helicopters, gliders and drones,require annual maintenance at regular intervals to keep the aircraft ingood running order. For instance, Sikorsky helicopters require regularmaintenance after every three-hundred sixty (360) and seven-hundred andtwenty (720) hours of flight time. Other aircraft may require regularmaintenance at different intervals

The aircraft annual maintenance schedule may be recommended by theaircraft manufacturer or it may be required by a state or federalaviation licensing body or a specific airline. In some instances,maintenance may be required before the annual maintenance deadline dueto breakdown(s) and/or part failure(s).

During aircraft maintenance, a maintenance technician may replace anynumber of aircraft components. Depending on the size and type of theaircraft, the number of components replaced during maintenance can be inthe hundreds or even thousands.

Currently, the replacement components are provided to the aircraftmaintenance technicians in one large package or kit containing all ofthe required replacement components for the aircraft. This results in asituation where the maintenance technicians have to engage in a lengthyprocess of searching for individual replacement components for specificareas of the aircraft. Often the aircraft maintenance technicians havereplacement components left over at the conclusion of the maintenanceprocedure. It can be difficult if not impossible for the aircraftmaintenance technician to determine if the left-over replacementcomponents are the result of extra parts being included in thereplacement component package, or if a specific component(s) whichneeded replacing was not replaced.

The need exists, therefore, for an improved aircraft maintenance kitwhich allows aircraft maintenance technicians to more easily determinewhich replacement components correspond with each area of the aircraftand eliminate the problem of left over components.

SUMMARY

Disclosed herein is a maintenance kit for an aircraft comprising atleast a first package comprising a first unique aircraft maintenancezone designation and a plurality of first maintenance zone components,and at least a second package comprising a second unique aircraftmaintenance zone designation and a plurality of second maintenance zonecomponents; wherein the first unique aircraft maintenance zonedesignation corresponds to a first unique maintenance zone of theaircraft and the second unique aircraft maintenance zone designationcorresponds to a second unique maintenance zone of the aircraft.

Each component of the plurality of first maintenance zone components maycomprise the first unique aircraft maintenance zone designation and eachcomponent of the plurality of second maintenance zone components maycomprise the second unique aircraft maintenance zone designation.

Each component of the plurality of first maintenance zone components maybe contained in a separate first component package which may comprisethe first unique aircraft maintenance zone designation and eachcomponent of the plurality of second maintenance zone components may becontained in a separate second component package which may comprise thesecond unique aircraft maintenance zone designation.

The maintenance kit may further comprise a plurality of additionalpackages and a plurality of additional unique maintenance zones of theaircraft wherein each of the plurality of additional packages maycomprise an additional unique aircraft maintenance zone designation anda plurality of additional maintenance zone components, wherein eachadditional unique aircraft maintenance zone designation may correspondto one of the additional unique maintenance zones of the aircraft. Theplurality of additional packages may comprise up to two additionalpackages or up to four additional packages.

Each component of the plurality of additional maintenance zonecomponents of each of the plurality of additional packages may comprisethe additional unique aircraft maintenance zone designationcorresponding to one of the additional unique maintenance zones of theaircraft.

Each component of the plurality of additional maintenance zonecomponents of each of the plurality of additional packages may becontained in a separate additional component package which may comprisethe additional unique aircraft maintenance zone designationcorresponding to one of the additional unique maintenance zones of theaircraft.

At least one of the aircraft maintenance zone designations may be aseparate aircraft maintenance zone designation color, a separateaircraft maintenance zone designation letter, a separate aircraftmaintenance zone designation number, a separate aircraft maintenancezone designation symbol, or a separate aircraft maintenance zonedesignation word or series of separate aircraft maintenance zonedesignation words.

The aircraft maintenance kit may further comprise an aircraft schematiccomprising at least a first aircraft schematic zone comprising a firstunique aircraft schematic zone designation, and at least a secondaircraft schematic zone comprising a second unique aircraft schematiczone designation; wherein the first unique aircraft schematic zonedesignation may correspond to the first unique aircraft maintenance zonedesignation, and the second unique aircraft schematic zone designationmay correspond to the second unique aircraft maintenance zonedesignation.

The aircraft schematic may further comprise a plurality of additionalaircraft schematic zones, each of the plurality of additional aircraftschematic zones may comprise an additional unique aircraft schematiczone designation, wherein each additional aircraft schematic zonedesignation may correspond to one of the additional unique aircraftmaintenance zone designations.

Each of the aircraft schematic zone designations may be a separateaircraft schematic zone color corresponding to one of the separateaircraft maintenance zone designation colors, a separate aircraftschematic zone letter corresponding to one of the separate aircraftmaintenance zone designation letters, a separate aircraft schematic zonenumber corresponding to one of the separate aircraft maintenance zonedesignation numbers, a separate aircraft schematic zone symbolcorresponding to one of the separate aircraft maintenance zonedesignation symbols, or a separate aircraft schematic zone word orseries of separate aircraft schematic zone words corresponding to one ofthe separate aircraft maintenance zone designation words or series ofaircraft maintenance zone designation words.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

FIG. 1 is one embodiment of an aircraft schematic according to theinvention disclosed herein

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

This specification discloses a maintenance kit for an aircraftcomprising a plurality of packages with each package comprising a uniqueaircraft maintenance zone designation and at least one aircraftmaintenance zone component. Each unique aircraft maintenance zonedesignation corresponds to a unique maintenance zone of the aircraft.

In this specification and in the claims, the phrase unique maintenancezone of the aircraft means a specific region, operations system or zoneof the aircraft upon which the maintenance is to be performed. Forinstance, a helicopter may have five unique maintenance zones. The firstunique helicopter maintenance zone may be the helicopter's cabin. Thesecond unique helicopter maintenance zone may be the helicopter's mainrotor pylon. The third unique helicopter maintenance zone may be thehelicopter's tail cone. The fourth unique helicopter maintenance zonemay correspond to a transition section between the helicopter's cabinand the helicopter's tail cone. The fifth unique helicopter maintenancezone may correspond to the helicopter's tail rotor pylon.

The modifier unique means that the maintenance zone exists for only onesection of the aircraft, that the aircraft does not have anothermaintenance zone with the same name.

The different unique maintenance zones of the aircraft will varydepending upon the type of aircraft. For example, an airplane may have aunique maintenance zone for the wings or for the landing gear.

While the examples in this specification focus on the unique maintenancezones of a helicopter, the kit disclosed herein is not limited to use inhelicopters. The disclosed kit can be utilized for any type of aircraftincluding, but not limited to, airplanes, jetliners, helicopters,gliders and drones.

In this specification and in the claims, the phrase unique aircraftmaintenance zone designation means the markings or symbols used toidentify those parts of the kit that are to be used for the maintenanceof the unique aircraft maintenance zone corresponding to the uniquemaintenance zone designation. Each unique aircraft maintenance zonedesignation may take many forms. In some embodiments, each of theaircraft maintenance zone designations may be a separate aircraftmaintenance zone designation color (e.g. blue, green, purple, red,yellow, orange, white, black, grey and variations and combinationsthereof). In some other embodiments, each of the aircraft maintenancezone designations may be a separate aircraft maintenance zonedesignation letter (e.g. A, B, C, D, E, and so on). In a still otherembodiments, each of the aircraft maintenance zone designations may be aseparate aircraft maintenance zone designation number (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4,5, and so on). In other embodiments, each of the aircraft maintenancezone designations may be a separate aircraft maintenance zonedesignation symbol. As used in this specification and in the claims, an“aircraft maintenance zone designation symbol” is meant to refer to anymarking other than colors, letters, numbers, words or combinations ofwords. By way of example, but not limitation, an “aircraft maintenancezone designation symbol” may be in the form of Greek letters or Romannumerals. In some embodiments, each of the aircraft maintenance zonedesignations may be a separate aircraft maintenance zone designationword or series of separate aircraft maintenance zone designation words.

The different types of aircraft maintenance zone designations are notmutually exclusive and can be combined. By way of example, but notlimitation, each of the aircraft maintenance zone designations maycomprise a separate aircraft maintenance zone designation color and aseparate aircraft maintenance zone designation letter. In a separate,non-limiting, example, each of the aircraft maintenance zonedesignations may comprise a separate aircraft maintenance zonedesignation symbol and a separate aircraft maintenance zone designationword.

In this specification and in the claims, the phrase one aircraftmaintenance zone component, or a plurality of aircraft maintenance zonecomponents, means those aircraft components needed to maintain theequipment in a unique aircraft maintenance zone. For example, thesecomponents could include, and are not limited to a seal, a washer, abolt, a nut, an o-ring, a clip, a shim, a bushing, a retainer, abearing, a scraper, a screw, a pin—e.g. a cotter pin, a roller, agrommet, a filter, a spring, a gauge, a gasket, oil, lubricant, a tool,a wiring harness, a wire connector, a chain, a belt, and combinationsthereof.

In this specification and in the claims, the term “corresponds to”, asused in the phrase “each unique aircraft maintenance zone designationcorresponds to a unique maintenance zone of the aircraft”, means thatthe aircraft maintenance zone components associated with the uniqueaircraft maintenance zone designation are to be used to maintain theequipment in the unique aircraft maintenance zone of the aircraftassociated with the respective unique aircraft maintenance zonedesignation. Preferably, at least one, and most preferably all, of theunique aircraft maintenance zone designations correspond(s) to its ownunique aircraft maintenance zone. That is, there is a one-to-onecorrespondence of the unique aircraft maintenance zone designation tothe unique aircraft maintenance zone. One-to-one correspondence is awell-known term and means that one object, in this case the uniqueaircraft maintenance zone designation, is matched to one other object,in this case the unique aircraft maintenance zone.

In a preferred embodiment, there are at least two packages. Such anembodiment will include at least a first package comprising a firstunique aircraft maintenance zone designation and at least one firstmaintenance zone component; and at least a second package comprising asecond unique aircraft maintenance zone designation and at least onesecond maintenance zone component. In such an embodiment, the firstunique aircraft maintenance zone designation corresponds to a firstunique maintenance zone of the aircraft while the second unique aircraftmaintenance zone designation corresponds to a second unique maintenancezone of the aircraft.

In some embodiments, each package of the plurality of packages maycontain more than one aircraft maintenance zone component. The number ofaircraft maintenance zone components in each package may vary dependingupon the number of maintenance zone components required or recommendedto complete maintenance of the unique maintenance zone of the aircraftcorresponding to each package.

In some embodiments, each component of the at least one aircraftmaintenance zone component in each package may also comprise the uniqueaircraft maintenance zone designation. For instance, in an embodimenthaving two packages, each component of the at least one firstmaintenance zone component may comprise the first unique aircraftmaintenance zone designation while each component of the at least onesecond maintenance zone component may comprise the second uniqueaircraft maintenance zone designation.

In some embodiments, each component of the at least one aircraftmaintenance zone component in each package may be contained in aseparate component package. For instance, in an embodiment having twopackages, each component of the at least one first maintenance zonecomponent may be contained in a separate first component package whileeach component of the at least one second maintenance zone component maybe contained in a separate second component package. Where eachcomponent of the at least one aircraft component in each package iscontained in a separate component package, it is preferred that eachcomponent package comprise the unique aircraft maintenance zonedesignation corresponding to the package containing the maintenance zonecomponent. For instance, in an embodiment having two packages, eachseparate first component package may comprise the first unique aircraftmaintenance zone designation while each separate second componentpackage may comprise the second unique aircraft maintenance zonedesignation.

It should be noted that each maintenance zone component of each packagecomprising the unique maintenance zone designation corresponding to eachpackage, and each component of each package being contained in aseparate additional component package comprising the unique maintenancezone designation corresponding to each package are not mutuallyexclusive. In some embodiments, each maintenance zone component of eachpackage may comprise the unique maintenance designation corresponding toeach package and each component of each package may be contained in aseparate additional component package comprising the unique maintenancezone designation corresponding to each package.

The number of packages may vary depending upon the number of uniquemaintenance zones of the aircraft. In one embodiment, the maintenancekit may comprise a plurality of additional packages and a plurality ofadditional unique maintenance zones of the aircraft. In such anembodiment, each of the plurality of additional packages may comprise anadditional unique aircraft maintenance zone designation and at least oneadditional maintenance zone component. In such an embodiment eachadditional unique aircraft maintenance zone designation will correspondto one of the additional unique maintenance zones of the aircraft.

In some embodiments having a plurality of additional packages and aplurality of additional unique maintenance zones of the aircraft, eachcomponent of each of the plurality of additional packages may comprisethe additional unique aircraft maintenance zone designationcorresponding to one of the respective additional unique maintenancezones of the aircraft.

In some embodiments having a plurality of additional packages and aplurality of additional unique maintenance zones of the aircraft, eachcomponent of each of the plurality of additional packages may becontained in a separate additional component package. In such anembodiment, each additional component package may comprise theadditional unique aircraft maintenance zone designation corresponding toone of the additional unique zones of the aircraft.

The number of additional packages within the plurality of additionalpackages may vary depending upon the number of additional uniquemaintenance zones of the aircraft. For instance, there may be twoadditional unique maintenance zones of the aircraft, in which case theremay be two additional packages. In another embodiment there may be fouradditional unique maintenance zones of the aircraft, in which case theremay be four additional packages. The number of unique maintenance zonesof the aircraft may vary depending upon the type of aircraft. By way ofexample, but not limitation, there may be two, three, four, five, six,seven, eight, nine or ten unique maintenance zones of the aircraft.

The types of components contained in each package may also varydepending upon the type of aircraft. For instance, in the helicopterexample disclosed above there may be five packages corresponding to thefive unique helicopter maintenance zones. The first package,corresponding to the first unique helicopter maintenance zone, maycontain one or more components selected from the group consisting of atleast one seal, at least one washer, at least one bolt, at least onenut, at least one o-ring, at least one clip, at least one shim, at leastone bushing, at least one retainer, at least one bearing, at least onescraper, at least one screw, at least one pin—e.g. a cotter pin, atleast one roller, at least one grommet, at least one filter, at leastone spring, at least one gauge, at least one gasket, at least one oil,at least one lubricant, at least one tool, at least one wiring harness,at least one wire connector, at least one chain, at least one belt, andcombinations thereof. The second package, corresponding to the secondunique helicopter maintenance zone, may contain one or more componentsselected from the group consisting of at least one seal, at least onewasher, at least one bolt, at least one nut, at least one o-ring, atleast one clip, at least one shim, at least one bushing, at least oneretainer, at least one bearing, at least one scraper, at least onescrew, at least one pin—e.g. a cotter pin, at least one roller, at leastone grommet, at least one filter, at least one spring, at least onegauge, at least one gasket, at least one oil, at least one lubricant, atleast one tool, at least one wiring harness, at least one wireconnector, at least one chain, at least one belt, and combinationsthereof. The third package, corresponding to the third unique helicoptermaintenance zone, may contain one or more components selected from thegroup consisting of at least one seal, at least one washer, at least onebolt, at least one nut, at least one o-ring, at least one clip, at leastone shim, at least one bushing, at least one retainer, at least onebearing, at least one scraper, at least one screw, at least one pin—e.g.a cotter pin, at least one roller, at least one grommet, at least onefilter, at least one spring, at least one gauge, at least one gasket, atleast one oil, at least one lubricant, at least one tool, at least onewiring harness, at least one wire connector, at least one chain, atleast one belt, and combinations thereof. The fourth package,corresponding to the fourth unique helicopter maintenance zone, maycontain one or more components selected from the group consisting of atleast one seal, at least one washer, at least one bolt, at least onenut, at least one o-ring, at least one clip, at least one shim, at leastone bushing, at least one retainer, at least one bearing, at least onescraper, at least one screw, at least one pin—e.g. a cotter pin, atleast one roller, at least one grommet, at least one filter, at leastone spring, at least one gauge, at least one gasket, at least one oil,at least one lubricant, at least one tool, at least one wiring harness,at least one wire connector, at least one chain, at least one belt, andcombinations thereof. The fifth package, corresponding to the fifthunique helicopter maintenance zone, may contain one or more componentsselected from the group consisting of at least one seal, at least onewasher, at least one bolt, at least one nut, at least one o-ring, atleast one clip, at least one shim, at least one bushing, at least oneretainer, at least one bearing, at least one scraper, at least onescrew, at least one pin—e.g. a cotter pin, at least one roller, at leastone grommet, at least one filter, at least one spring, at least onegauge, at least one gasket, at least one oil, at least one lubricant, atleast one tool, at least one wiring harness, at least one wireconnector, at least one chain, at least one belt, and combinationsthereof. Again, the number of packages, number of components in eachpackage, type of components, and number of each type of components ineach package may vary depending upon the type of aircraft, the number ofunique maintenance zones in the aircraft, and the number and type ofparts required or recommended for completing maintenance in each uniquemaintenance zone of the aircraft.

In some embodiments, the aircraft kit may further comprise an aircraftschematic with the aircraft schematic preferably corresponding to thespecific type (i.e. make and model) of aircraft for which the aircraftmaintenance kit is designed. The aircraft schematic may comprise aplurality of aircraft schematic zones with each aircraft schematic zonepreferably comprising a unique aircraft schematic zone designation. Eachunique aircraft schematic zone designation preferably corresponds to oneof the unique aircraft maintenance zone designations. In a preferredembodiment, at least one, preferably all, of the unique aircraftschematic zone designations correspond(s) to its own unique aircraftmaintenance zone designations. That is, there is a one-to-onecorrespondence of the unique aircraft schematic zone designations to theunique maintenance zone designations. One to one correspondence is awell-known term and means that one object, in this example the uniqueaircraft schematic zone designation is matched to one other object, inthis case the unique aircraft maintenance zone designation.

By way of example, but not limitation, the aircraft schematic maycomprise at least a first aircraft schematic zone comprising a firstunique aircraft schematic zone designation, and at least a secondaircraft schematic zone comprising a second unique aircraft schematiczone designation. In such an example, the first unique aircraftschematic zone designation preferably corresponds to the first uniqueaircraft maintenance zone designation while the second unique aircraftschematic zone designation preferably correspond to the second uniqueaircraft maintenance zone designation.

The number of unique aircraft schematic zones should preferablycorrespond to the number of unique maintenance zones of the aircraft. Insome embodiments, there may be a plurality of additional aircraftschematic zones with each of the plurality of additional aircraftschematic zones preferably comprising an additional unique aircraftschematic zone designation. In such an example, each additional aircraftschematic zone designation preferably corresponds to one of theadditional unique aircraft maintenance zone designations.

In the helicopter example provided above, an aircraft schematic of whichis shown in FIG. 1, the aircraft schematic might take the form of apiece of paper comprising a picture or outline of the helicopter. Forexample, the picture or outline of the helicopter can be broken up intothe five unique helicopter maintenance zones with the picture or outlinecomprising a first aircraft schematic zone (10) corresponding to thefirst unique helicopter maintenance zone, a second aircraft schematiczone (20) corresponding to the second unique helicopter maintenancezone, a third aircraft schematic zone (30) corresponding to the thirdunique helicopter maintenance zone, a fourth aircraft schematic zone(40) corresponding to the fourth unique helicopter maintenance zone, anda fifth aircraft schematic zone (50) corresponding to the fifth uniquehelicopter maintenance zone.

Preferably the aircraft schematic zone designations should correspond tothe aircraft maintenance zone designations. For instance, each of theaircraft schematic zone designations may be a separate aircraftschematic zone color (e.g. blue, green, purple, red, yellow, orange,white, black, grey and variations and combinations thereof)corresponding to one of the separate aircraft maintenance zonedesignation colors. In another example, each of the aircraft schematiczone designations may be a separate aircraft schematic zone letter (e.g.A, B, C, D, E, and so on) corresponding to one of the separate aircraftmaintenance zone designation letters. In still another example, each ofthe aircraft schematic zone designations may be a separate aircraftschematic zone number (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and so on) corresponding toone of the separate aircraft maintenance zone designation numbers. Inyet another example, each of the aircraft schematic zone designationsmay be a separate aircraft schematic zone symbol corresponding to one ofthe separate aircraft maintenance zone designation symbols. As used inthis specification and in the claims, an “aircraft schematic zonedesignation symbol” is meant to refer to any marking other than colors,letters, numbers, words or combinations of words. By way of example, butnot limitation, an “aircraft schematic zone designation symbol” may bein the form of Greek letters or Roman numerals. In still anotherexample, each of the aircraft schematic zone designations may be aseparate aircraft schematic zone word or series of separate aircraftschematic zone words corresponding to one of the separate aircraftmaintenance zone designation words or series of aircraft maintenancezone designation words.

As with the different types of aircraft maintenance zone designations,the different types of aircraft schematic zone designations are notmutually exclusive and can be combined. By way of example, but notlimitation, each of the aircraft schematic zone designations maycomprise a separate aircraft schematic zone designation color and aseparate aircraft schematic zone designation letter. In a separate,non-limiting, example, each of the aircraft schematic zone designationsmay comprise a separate aircraft schematic zone designation symbol and aseparate aircraft schematic zone designation word.

Where the aircraft schematic zone designations comprise more than onetype of aircraft schematic zone designation, it is not necessary for theaircraft schematic to contain all of the same types of designations asthe aircraft maintenance zone designations. For instance, the aircraftschematic may contain aircraft schematic zone designation colors witheach aircraft schematic zone designation color corresponding to one ofthe separate aircraft maintenance zone designation colors, while theaircraft schematic also contains aircraft schematic zone designationwords. In such an embodiment, the aircraft schematic zone designationwords may assist the maintenance personnel in identifying the particularaircraft maintenance zones, but it may not be necessary to includeaircraft maintenance zone designation words corresponding to theaircraft schematic zone words on the individual packages, components orcomponent packages.

What is claimed is:
 1. A maintenance kit for an aircraft comprising: atleast a first package comprising a first unique aircraft maintenancezone designation and a plurality of first maintenance zone components,and at least a second package comprising a second unique aircraftmaintenance zone designation and a plurality of second maintenance zonecomponents; wherein the first unique aircraft maintenance zonedesignation corresponds to a first unique maintenance zone of theaircraft, and the second unique aircraft maintenance zone designationcorresponds to a second unique maintenance zone of the aircraft.
 2. Theaircraft maintenance kit of claim 1, further comprising an aircraftschematic comprising, at least a first aircraft schematic zonecomprising a first unique aircraft schematic zone designation, and atleast a second aircraft schematic zone comprising a second uniqueaircraft schematic zone designation; wherein the first unique aircraftschematic zone designation corresponds to the first unique aircraftmaintenance zone designation, and the second unique aircraft schematiczone designation corresponds to the second unique aircraft maintenancezone designation.
 3. The maintenance kit of claim 1, further comprisinga plurality of additional packages and a plurality of additional uniquemaintenance zones of the aircraft wherein each of the plurality ofadditional packages comprises an additional unique aircraft maintenancezone designation and a plurality of additional maintenance zonecomponents, wherein each additional unique aircraft maintenance zonedesignation corresponds to one of the additional unique maintenancezones of the aircraft.
 4. The maintenance kit of claim 2, furthercomprising a plurality of additional packages and a plurality ofadditional unique maintenance zones of the aircraft wherein each of theplurality of additional packages comprises an additional unique aircraftmaintenance zone designation and a plurality of additional maintenancezone components, wherein each additional unique aircraft maintenancezone designation corresponds to one of the additional unique maintenancezones of the aircraft.
 5. The maintenance kit of claim 4, wherein theaircraft schematic further comprises a plurality of additional aircraftschematic zones, each of the plurality of additional aircraft schematiczones comprising an additional unique aircraft schematic zonedesignation, wherein each additional aircraft schematic zone designationcorresponds to one of the additional unique aircraft maintenance zonedesignations.
 6. The aircraft maintenance kit of claim 1, wherein atleast one of the aircraft maintenance zone designations is a separateaircraft maintenance zone designation color.
 7. The aircraft maintenancekit of claim 2, wherein at least one of the aircraft maintenance zonedesignations is a separate aircraft maintenance zone designation color.8. The maintenance kit of claim 7, wherein each of the aircraftschematic zone designations is a separate aircraft schematic zone colorcorresponding to one of the separate aircraft maintenance zonedesignation colors.
 9. The aircraft maintenance kit of claim 1, whereinat least one of the aircraft maintenance zone designations is a separateaircraft maintenance zone designation letter.
 10. The aircraftmaintenance kit of claim 2, wherein at least one of the aircraftmaintenance zone designations is a separate aircraft maintenance zonedesignation letter.
 11. The maintenance kit of claim 10, wherein each ofthe aircraft schematic zone designations is a separate aircraftschematic zone letter corresponding to one of the separate aircraftmaintenance zone designation letters.
 12. The aircraft maintenance kitof claim 1, wherein at least one of the aircraft maintenance zonedesignations is a separate aircraft maintenance zone designation number.13. The aircraft maintenance kit of claim 2, wherein at least one of theaircraft maintenance zone designations is a separate aircraftmaintenance zone designation number.
 14. The maintenance kit of claim13, wherein each of the aircraft schematic zone designations is aseparate aircraft schematic zone number corresponding to one of theseparate aircraft maintenance zone designation numbers.
 15. The aircraftmaintenance kit of claim 1, wherein each of the aircraft maintenancezone designations is a separate aircraft maintenance zone designationsymbol.
 16. The aircraft maintenance kit of claim 2, wherein each of theaircraft maintenance zone designations is a separate aircraftmaintenance zone designation symbol.
 17. The maintenance kit of claim16, wherein each of the aircraft schematic zone designations is aseparate aircraft schematic zone symbol corresponding to one of theseparate aircraft maintenance zone designation symbols.
 18. The aircraftmaintenance kit of claim 1, wherein each of the aircraft maintenancezone designations is a separate aircraft maintenance zone designationword or series of separate aircraft maintenance zone designation words.19. The aircraft maintenance kit of claim 2, wherein each of theaircraft maintenance zone designations is a separate aircraftmaintenance zone designation word or series of separate aircraftmaintenance zone designation words.
 20. The maintenance kit of any ofclaim 19, wherein each of the aircraft schematic zone designations is aseparate aircraft schematic zone word or series of separate aircraftschematic zone words corresponding to one of the separate aircraftmaintenance zone designation words or series of aircraft maintenancezone designation words.